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Singers communicate through special Rhythms--hence them being called singers. Singers can bond various [[spren]] which change their forms.

 

====Dullform====

-->The lowest, and one not bright.<br><!--

-->To find this form, one needs banish cost.<br><!--

-->It finds you and brings you to blight.

Dullform is an older form which was rarely used after the discovery of the newer forms. Those in dullform are not very intelligent.

 

====Mateform====

-->Given to life, it brings us joy.<br><!--

-->To find this form, one must care.<br><!--

-->True empathy, one must employ.

Mateform is used for reproductive purposes. A few listeners maintain mating form constantly, although most enter it only briefly in order to reproduce with a partner; if these partners later entered warform they became a warpair.{{cite}} It is a distracting form which makes productive work difficult. Nothing is stopping other forms from reproducing, the mateform is merely a speciality.{{wob ref|3400}}

 

[[File:parshendiwarform.png|thumb|300px|Warform by [[User:Khal]]]]

====Warform====

-->Claimed by the gods, given to kill.<br><!--

-->Unknown, unseen, but vital to gain.<br><!--

-->It comes to those with the will.

Warform gives listeners an armor-like carapace; it also seems to give them advanced physical capabilities, although it severely hampers artistic ability and is not equipped to handle abstractions. Most singers that interact with the Alethi are in warform. Out of all the forms known to the listeners, warform requires the most food, but is also the most durable.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}

 

====Workform====

-->Whispering spren breathe at your ear.<br><!--

-->Seek first this form, its mysteries to bear.<br><!--

-->Found here is freedom from fear.

 

====Nimbleform====

-->Gave the gods this form to many,<br><!--

-->Tho' once defied, by the gods they were crushed.<br><!--

-->This form craves precision and plenty.

Nimbleform was a form used by the [[listener]] scholars because they do not know the correct spren to bond with for scholarform. It does not impede the mind and the fingers are delicate enough for recording their findings. It grows long hair without any carapace to block it and yields delicate swirling patterns in their skin, along with a thinner facial structure.

 

====Mediationform====

-->Form of teaching and consolation.<br><!--

-->When used by the gods, it became instead<br><!--

-->Form of lies and desolation.

 

====Scholarform====

 

====Artform====

-->One yearns for the songs it creates.<br><!--

-->Most misunderstood by the artist it's true,<br><!--

-->Come the spren to foundation's fates.

-->For its grand songs we yearn.<br><!--

-->We must attract creationspren;<br><!--

-->These songs suffice 'til we learn.

 

===Forms of Power===